Orthopedics

Together, your muscles and bones form your musculoskeletal system. Orthopedics focuses on injuries and diseases that affect this complex system, which includes your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.

Our providers, using the latest technology and knowledge, provide superior care for acute, chronic, traumatic and overuse injuries and other disorders. From broken bones and sprains to arthritis, spine, hip and knee and many other conditions, our goal is to make it possible for you to return to an active, pain-free and healthy lifestyle.

Among the conditions we treat:

• Ankle pain
• Arthritis
• Dislocation
• Fractures
• Herniated disk
• Hip pain
• Joint pain
• Knee ligament injuries
• Neck pain and injuries
• Osteoarthritis
• Tendonitis

Our Specialties Include:

• Anterior Approach Hip Replacement
• Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder, Elbow, Knee, and Ankle
• Computer Navigated Surgery
• Joint Replacement
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Sports Medicine
• Trauma and Fracture Care
• Knee Replacement Using Custom Patient Matched Instrumentation

Hand Institute

Welcome to the Hand Institute of Charleston, your destination for hand and wrist care! Our board-certified fellowship-trained Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeons, Kyle Kokko MD PhD and Eric Angermeier MD, offer specialized and customized state-of-the-art operative and non-operative treatment options for all of your hand and wrist problems.

Conditions & Treatments

• NERVES: Carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, nerve injuries, hand numbness and tingling.
• FRACTURES: Finger fractures, hand fractures, wrist fractures, boxer’s fracture, scaphoid fracture, distal radius fracture
• TENDON: Trigger finger, tenosynovitis, tendon injuries, flexor and extensor tendon lacerations, de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, tendon transfers.
• ARTHRITIS: Hand and wrist osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, thumb arthritis, CMC arthritis, SLAC wrist, bone spurs and cysts.
• TUMORS: Hand and forearm tumors, ganglion cyst, mucous cyst, osteochondroma, giant cell tumor, Dupuytren’s contracture.
• LIGAMENTS: Hand and wrist ligament injuries, ulnar collateral ligament injuries, gamekeeper’s thumb, skier’s thumb, scapholunate ligament injuries, TFCC tears, DRUJ instability, sports injuries
• SURGICAL TECHNIQUES OFFERED: minimally invasive techniques, in-office surgery, opiod-sparing surgery, microsurgery, wrist arthroscopy, Xiaflex injections, PRP injections (platelet rich plasma)